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No. 311,772. Patented Peb. 3, 1885.

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EDMUND MCLOUGHLIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PLAQUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,772, dated February3, 1885.

Application filed September l, ISSI.

To all who/1L t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND MoLoUGHLIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have inventedcertain Improvements in Plaques for Artistic Purposes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to plaques for artistic purposes, the object being,in the main, to pro vide a satin surface to receive a painting.

The essential feature of the invention consists in providing a concaveplaque having a body or backing of paper, metal papiermache, or othersimilar substance capa-ble of being stamped or embossed, with a satinface upon which the painting may be executed.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing` a satin-facedplaque with a border or rim bearing raised or embossed ornamentalfigures-as, for example, a vine with leaves and flowers.

Another feature of the invention consists iu providing such satin-facedplaque with a binding of cord, usually of silk, or having asilken faceto correspond in luster with the satin surface.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 `is front view of myimproved plaque, and Fig. 2 is a cross section ofthe same.

In carrying out niyinvention, I take a piece of the material for thebacking A, preferring a tough stiff paper, and upon this secure, bymeans of any suitable adhesive material, a piece of satin, B. Thiscomposite piece is then placed in an embossing press or die andembossed. This operation imparts the necessary concavity and producesthe raised flowers, ligures,or other ornamentation in relief on theborder a. The plaque is now trimmed and the bindingcord O attached by anadhesive material, or in any other known way.

In order to make room for the cord '(11, I usually emboss a bead, Z), inreliefaround the margin and near the edge of the plaque, and outside ofthis form a circumferential recess, c, Fig. 2, in which the cord rests.

The drawings show a circular plaque; but it may have any form-as, forexam ple, oval, elliptical, or even rectangular.

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The ornamentation in relief around the bor der of theplaque maybeomitted, if preferred, in order to leave room for painting in anornamental design in its place.

The binding cord maybe omitted, especially if the plaque is to beframed; or some other binding may be substituted for the cord, as abinding of metal or chenille, for example.

any color.

It will be observed that I first secure the satin to a flat backing bysome suitable adhesive substance, and then form the plaques by embossingthe whole, including the backing fabric, so as to form a concave plaquewith a raised rim.

I am aware that picture and mirror frames have been ornamented bycovering their surfaces with previous]y-embossed velvet, plush, dre.;but this I make no claim to. My invention relates only to plaques forornamenting, formed by embossing the compound fabric previouslyprepared.

Having thus described my linvent-ion, I claiml. As an improved articleof manufacture, a plaque formed of a backing fabric, A, to impartstrength and stiffness, and a face fabric of satin, B, secured to thebacking by an adhesive material, the said compound fabric being embossedin order to impart a concave form a border, a., around said centralportion, substantially as shown and described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a plaque composed of a stiffbacking, A, and a satin face, B, attached to said backing by an adhesivematerial, the compound fabric thus formed being, embossed to impart theproper concavity toits central portion, and to form a marginal border,a, on said concave portion, having figures in relief thereon,substantially as shown and described.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a plaque composed of a stiffbacking, A, and a satin face, B, said compound fabric being embossed toimpart to it the concavity and border ornamentation, substantially asshown l and described, and abinding of cord, @,arouud The satin face andbindingcord may be of form to the central portion thereof', and to- Newthe margin of itsborder7 substantially as shown In witness whereof Ihave hereunto signed and described. my name in the presence of twosubscribing 1o 4. As an improved article of manufacture, Witnesses. anembossed satin-faced plaque provided with T 5 a bead, b, near itsmargin, a circumferential Y EDMUND MCLOUGHLUN recess, c, exterior tosaid bead, and a binding- Witnesses: cord secured in said recess,substantially as J. B. NoNEs, shown and described. S. STEINHEIMER.

